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Originally posted by wbayek


Awesome racing. 1:40 is pretty aggressive, but a great target.

Originally posted by JeffYMatt, 1:40!! That's great. Have you been doing any tempo runs? If you can run 7ish miles at 7:50 pace it does wonders for your confidence and your race prep. (but don't just start at 7:50....make it the last 7 miles of a 10 mile training run).Don't know how many weeks out from your HM you are, so you may not be in a position to add workouts like this to your preparation.

Originally posted by KWDreamun Wow, that is awesome that Will is having such a good swim. I hope the bike and run goes well too! Please keep us up to date. I just finished my HM, it was a huge PR for me. Previous PR was 2:04 which was my first HM last year and I was having IT band issues. Today was 145:48 I think. Things I learned. I'm not in very good shape, I struggled the last few miles. I tried carrying a water bottle w/ just the powder skratch in it and filled it at the 1/2 point and drank some on he way back. That worked good but the people I was with left me when I stopped to get the water and I had to push it hard to catch back up. But they were pretty so that was motivation. I thanked them for being such good escorts and the scenery was very nice. They were hoots to run with. I have to figure out what is causing my stomach problems, about an hour after every race where I push it hard, my stomach starts cramping and I spend all afternoon in the bathroom. I was thinking about a HIM but this race just about killed me but I am happy w/ my time, no way I could run after swimming and biking. My hat is off to anyone who has done a HIM or IM!!!

Originally posted by Jo63

Matt I missed your races last week congrats!
Karl congrats to you too great time, and sorry about the stomach issues
Will you are an IRONMAN !
Brenda I hope you are feeing better!

I had a very weird dream last night that all of a sudden it was race day and I was not prepared at all is this because I only got 1 workout in this week??? On top of it I ate waaay to many meals out and I feel miserable. At this rate I should be up to about 200 pounds in about a month.

Originally posted by KWDreamun Wow, that is awesome that Will is having such a good swim. I hope the bike and run goes well too! Please keep us up to date. I just finished my HM, it was a huge PR for me. Previous PR was 2:04 which was my first HM last year and I was having IT band issues. Today was 145:48 I think. Things I learned. I'm not in very good shape, I struggled the last few miles. I tried carrying a water bottle w/ just the powder skratch in it and filled it at the 1/2 point and drank some on he way back. That worked good but the people I was with left me when I stopped to get the water and I had to push it hard to catch back up. But they were pretty so that was motivation. I thanked them for being such good escorts and the scenery was very nice. They were hoots to run with. I have to figure out what is causing my stomach problems, about an hour after every race where I push it hard, my stomach starts cramping and I spend all afternoon in the bathroom. I was thinking about a HIM but this race just about killed me but I am happy w/ my time, no way I could run after swimming and biking. My hat is off to anyone who has done a HIM or IM!!!

Originally posted by strikyr Will did it! Congrats Ironman, an awesome job. He killed it, Dirk is reporting an unofficial time of 13:39 or somewhere there abouts. Congrats again Will, we are all proud of you!

Originally posted by KWDreamun

Congrats will!!!! My hat is off to you!!! Now are you sure you don't want to come to FL and get the IMFL spot? lol

Originally posted by pistuo

Hey everyone, sorry it's taken me a while to check in. Haven't been able to spend much time online b/c we took off the day after the race for the other side of NC and are staying here for a week of vacation.

As for the race, first off I was amazed that Dirk drove all that way! So awesome to get to hang out with him some. And it was a huge blessing not only b/c Dirk and I are friends but also b/c he drove my wife and newborn around during the race. My plan before he showed up was just to have them try to meet me at the finish b/c it would have been too hard for her to get around and track me with the baby in tow. So Dirk blessed me in a huge way! Easily one of the coolest things someone has ever done for me!

I'll try to get a race report up soon (I saw lots of interesting things). It was an amazing experience. Swim and bike conditions were not as good as previous years and I still managed to finish in 13:39, so very happy with that! A guy that finished right behind me told me that he finished about an hour faster last year. That makes me want to go back and try to go sub 13 hours next year... ha!

I will say that this was a great race. It's not an IM brand, but the sponsor (PPD) is for a great cause and doing some really cool things and money from the race goes to a great cause as well. I did an IM brand half a few years ago and it had a little more fanfare, but this race was solid in my opinion (although they did have some issues with the tracking this year). Great course for a first-timer, great support on the course, etc. Plus, since it's not IM brand, it's cheaper and you can wait a LOT longer to actually pull the trigger and sign up. For any of you that have tossed around the idea of going for the full distance, I'll echo Tony - "If I can do it, so can you." I have a VERY limited background in all 3 sports. If you're considering doing one, I'd say the first question you have to answer is "Do I have enough time?" and if so, "Am I willing to spend it training?" If the answer is yes but you doubt your fitness (like I did), then find a race like this that doesn't fill up too soon, start the training plan and see that you indeed CAN handle the training, and then sign up and go for it. Just for reference, I took an entire year off from pretty much any working out. Gained 20 lbs. Then I started building base in December (5-10hrs of WO's per week). Started the beginner training plan here on BT in June (I highly recommend Silver membership for the benefits you get w/ the training calendar). Once I successfully got through a couple months into the 20-week plan, I pulled the trigger and signed up and the rest is history...

In case you don't have time to read the RR when I get it up, here are the basics:

Swim: 1:14 (rank- 289)
T1: 0:27 (rank- 484)
Bike: 6:31 (rank- 279)
T2: 0:12 (rank- 423)
Run: 5:12 (rank- 303)
Overall time: 13:39
Overall rank- 316
So, a MOP finish and very pleased. Yes, I have some explaining to do concerning my transition times... ha! I'll try to do that in my race report... lol